The DUFF (2015)

When i heard about "The DUFF" i thought it was going to be an extremely lame movie about some high school girl trying to get a boy, and it was, but the way that they went about entertaining and keeping the audience interested was okay.  The film concerns Bianca (Mae Whitman), a smart, eccentric teenage girl, who enjoys her individuality and her love for cult horror movies. She spends most of her time with Jess (Skyler Samuels) and Casey (Bianca A. Santos), two popular girls who find themselves at the center of everyone's attention whenever they walk through the hallways.

Mae Whitman gets her first real starring role in a film. She was also good in the TV Series Parenthood but she actually proved she could do this. She wasn't quite as charismatic as an A-Lister (Emma Stone, Anne Hathaway even Lindsay Lohan in her prime) but she is down to earth and someone you can relate to and that might be more important for this particular movie. Bella Thorne who is a real up and comer as far as I'm concerned plays the hideously mean Madison. Thorne is a natural at sarcastic comedy, she was awesome in Blended, and she plays this part perfectly and is a great nemesis for Whitman.


Like most teen movies in a high school setting, this clever comedy categorizes its characters by archetypes. "The DUFF" assembles the traditional gallery of crude egotistical jocks, bitchy babe princesses, and oblivious adults--whether they are administrators, instructors, or parents. the Half part of the movie really interesting even thought its cliche. And then the next half just go meh, igk why. But It's still funny tho. theres nothing deep about this movie, As a woman who used to love every teen click possible, I kinda like this. it reminds me of me teen years.

I enjoyed this picture more than i thought i would. It has a good feel throughout and it doesn't overdue any of the material. It has a good sense of humour and it's fun to watch. On that note, it's really sad we have a film unexpectedly this good and i'm taking half a point off because of Belle Throne. She is the only problem it faces. All the characters manage to shine in their roles and deliver to the requirement of the material but it's a shame Belle is this terrible of an actress and needs to play
the same thing over again to the point where we know what kind of actress she is.

6.6/10·IMDb
72%·Rotten Tomatoes
56%·Metacritic
7/10 Verdict